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The Last Battle for the Class of 1974
18 min read
They are the last of the socialist war horses, moulded by the JP movement and Mandal agitation. Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar are all set for a final face-off in battleground Bihar
How the Trump-brokered Gaza Peace Deal Can Be Made to Work
7 min read
Hostage to hope
In the Crosshairs
3 min read
Both China and the US want to slow down India’s rise
A Thick Red Line
6 min read
Rajnath Singh’s reference to a ‘road to Karachi’ through Sir Creek puts the spotlight on a remote marshy land and a doctrinal shift in India’s military posture
The She Factor
8 min read
Nitish Kumar’s policies have created a loyal constituency of women voters who are unlikely to abandon him
Grain of Resilience
6 min read
A climate-smart agricultural economy begins with financial innovation
Living with Multipolarity
5 min read
India is not alone in choosing self-reliance in a post-globalised world
Rescuing History from the Left
5 min read
SL Bhyrappa blew the lid off India’s culture wars
The Master of Apocalypse
3 min read
László Krasznahorkai’s Nobel in literature is an acknowledgement of a world out of joint
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Grain of Resilience
Toy Story 2.0
An Airlift for Mumbai
Matter of Fat
A Thick Red Line
The Last Battle for the Class of 1974
They are the last of the socialist war horses, moulded by the JP movement and Mandal agitation. Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar are all set for a final face-off in battleground Bihar
The She Factor
Nitish Kumar’s policies have created a loyal constituency of women voters who are unlikely to abandon him
The Ladakh Plot Unravels
It turns out that some of those involved in the stone throwing were outsiders understood to be ‘specialised’ in the trade
Second Thoughts on 26/11
Manmohan Singh as prime minister was reluctant to sanction the use of force
Follow The Rules. Or Else...
Yogi Adityanath takes the high ground with his quick action against the communally mischievous ‘I Love Mohammad’ protests
Karur Stampede: Trial by Tragedy
The Karur stampede has thrown Vijay’s political debut into crisis, raising questions about his party’s future
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